Zelnick also spoke on how the publishing giant refuses to annualize the series, which you can read up on in our earlier news story here.

The franchise started out life on the PC and PlayStation as a top-down adventure title, before making the transition to 3D with 2001’s Grand Theft Auto III for PlayStation 2. As well as PC and PlayStation, the series has also been released for Xbox, handheld, and mobile platforms.

The next entry in the series, Grand Theft Auto V, is due out in spring 2013 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.